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New Cover, an epic Review, and a Release Date!

Hey y’all! Long time no post – that’s gonna change! I promise!

Also, do you like the redesigned website? There’s a reason I re-did it. 😉

Now it can match the OFFICIAL cover designs:

Front:shieldcoverfinal

Back: shieldcoverback

What do you think?

Did you see that review on the back cover?  I’m super excited about it. Here’s what it says:

“We are only young once. It’s a time of exploration and excitement, of growth and challenges. Catherine Stewart
has done an excellent job helping her fellow young people make the most of this wonderful time of life. Her book, How to Become a Heroic Catholic, will help many grow closer to God, to take on the challenges that face them, to explore their faith, and to experience just how exciting God’s plan for their lives can be. Bravo, Catherine!”
–Jimmy Akin, young-at-heart author of The Fathers Know Best
That was written by Jimmy Akin. He is one of my favorite Catholic Apologists.  Check out his books too! They’re pretty neat reading.
I also promised a release date in the title of this post. So here it is!
October 21st 
As long as everything goes to plan (please, please pray that it does!) I’ll be releasing the book then!
God has a plan for the timing of everything, I trust Him.
Keep me in your prayers as I move forward with this and prepare to let the world read what I wrote.  It’s terrifying and amazing at the same time.
Be on the lookout for sneak-peeks of the book! I’ll try to post a couple snippets between now and when it’s released.
In Christ,
Catherine Stewart
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A late post on the Assumption of Mary

“Therefore the Virgin is immortal to this day, seeing that He who had dwelt in her transported her to the regions of her Assumption.” Timothy of Jerusalem (500 AD)

Happy Feast of the Assumption! I know this post is a few days late, but it’s still cool, right? 

And while it wasn’t until 1950 that the Assumption of Mary was defined as dogma (Pope Pius XII’s MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS), the belief of Mary’s assumption into Heaven was present long before.
The Blessed Virgin Mary, (referred to as simply “the Virgin” or “Virgin Mary” in many of the early writings, dating from as early as 90 AD. #funfact) has held, and will hold, a special place of honor in the hearts of the faithful. The more I study what the very first Catholics wrote, the more I realize just how special Mary is.

She’s not worshiped by us. (the heretical sect of Kollyridians offered worship to her, and their heretical society was put down by St. Epiphanius of Salamis in the 4th Century, who is perhaps best remembered for his polemics against the Kollyridians and the Antidicomarianates )

Jesus honored her. That’s pretty obvious. And therefore because He first honored her, so we do as well. As St. Epiphanius said,
“Whoever honors the Lord also honors the holy [vessel]; who instead dishonors the holy vessel also dishonors his Master. Mary herself is that holy Virgin, that is, the holy vessel.”

I could put so many, many quotes from the earliest centuries from the Church Fathers about Mary. (I have two huge books of them! ) but I’ll  put this single one. From the poet, St. Ephrem the Syrian;

“You alone and your Mother are more beautiful than any others, for their is no blemish in You nor any stains upon your Mother. Who of my children can compare in beauty to these?”

As for when the book will be released, I’m waiting to hear back from 2 people. They said they’d be back to me by the end of August. I’m expecting to be releasing the book in early/mid September. It’s on God’s time, not mine! He has a plan for the day and time to release it. All I must do is trust. 

In Christ,

Catherine

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Celebration time! I turned 17 on Sunday. (Yes, this post is late. I’m a procrastinator, like most teenagers)

To celebrate, here are 17 random facts about ME and my writing:

 

1.  I hated writing until the end of my 8th grade year.

 

2. By the end of my 9th grade year I had written one and a half novels, totaling over 550 pages. (nothing from those books has been published yet, it’s a possibility for the future)

 

3. I wrote over 100 poems during the course of my 10th grade year.

 

4. I started studying apologetics in 9th grade and haven’t stopped since.

 

5.  Coffee is my go to drink while writing.  (Caffeine has no effect on me)

 

6. I can’t listen to music while writing. I start writing about the song instead of whatever I was planning on. (like a page of analysis on Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” instead of a page of analysis on Matthew 16.)

 

7.  One of the best birthday presents I got was 4 blank notebooks.  Nothing special about them, just the cheap ones you get when school supplies are on sale. but they’re perfect, because they are a blank slate.

 

8. I never leave the house without a notebook! Or a book. Or both.

 

9.  I chose my confirmation name, Athanasius, after a 4 month long process of narrowing down a list of 72 favorite saints.

 

10. I love poofy dresses. The bigger the skirt the better. They’re so much fun!

 

11. My favorite book of the Bible is Revelation.

 

12. I use my phone for everything but calling people.

 

13. I have a fear of talking to people on the phone. Even more so talking to people on the phone if it’s not a family member. Just no.

 

14.  My favorite activities to do in the summer include teaching Church History with my mom, and going to pro-life camps.

 

15. I never considered making a career out of writing until recently, now it’s one of my top choices of dream jobs.

 

16.  My nickname “Kateri” has a nickname of it’ own, “Teri” (pronounced Tear (rhymes with ear) – Ee)

 

17. One of my best friend’s books is free on Kindle today and tomorrow! It is an awesome book. And tells the story of my favorite fictional should-be couple, Peter and Rebecca!  Get the book and join me on my crusade to save them from the author’s plans! (Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/I-Thirst-Gina-Marinello-Sweeney-ebook/dp/B00JHXJ7R8/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1405474417&sr=8-1&keywords=i+thirst+gina+marinello-sweeney )

 

 

I think that about wraps it up!

I don’t have any updates on the book yet!  I’m waiting to hear back from a couple people about something cool that could happen with the book, so I’ll post here when I have more information!

 

 

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Book Update #2!

Hey y’all! I know it’s been a little while since I posted, and I apologize for that. I went on a lovely week long vacation to Orange Beach with my family. It was wonderful, aside from getting to eat sand after a wave pulled me off my boogie board. (not something I”d recommend you try)

Anyway, so when I got back from the beach I was able to put a few more touches on the back cover, and a few other little things like that. I also got back a copy of my book from the last person I had sent it to for review…that I had kinda forgotten about. And she had a lot of good comments and suggestions. That meant going and doing another draft, polishing it up, and then resending that to my publisher along with the fixed covers. All these little things add to the timeline for when it’ll be released. I still don’t have a solid release date yet. I’m hoping it’ll be just a couple weeks.

I’m excited to announce though that I’ve started work on the outline for another apologetics book, this one on Pro-Life apologetics. Being pro-life and being Catholic go hand in hand. You can’t be Catholic and “pro-choice”. You simply can’t. Anyone who tells you otherwise is mistaken. And part of being a heroic Catholic is knowing how to defend all those who have no voice. The children in the womb especially. I’ll post updates on that book as they come, right now my *very* optimistic goal is to have the rough draft completed by mid July. Then the really fun part begins.

I hope that all y’all’s summers are going wonderfully, and happy Feast of the Ascension!